ERPConnect 4.5 vs. SAP.NET Connector 3.0

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1 ERPConnect 4.5 vs. SAP.NET Connector 3.0 The following comparison is based on ERPConnect 4.5 and SAP.NET Connector 3.0. Technical Aspects SAP.NET Connector 3.0 ERPConnect 4.5 Generic / Dynamic Approach Proxy Class Generation Not in Visual Studio plug-in for Visual Studio 2008, 2010 and Intellisense Not. See Proxy Class generation. Type-safe Development Not. See Proxy Class generation. RFC protocol SOAP protocol Mobile Devices No special support for mobile devices via Special Pocket Version (ERPConnectPocket.dll). Several sample programs and documentation- Single Sign On Starting SAP GUI Installation of Support Package required. 1 1 See SAP Note

2 API SAP.NET Connector 3.0 ERPConnect 4.5 accessing SAP Tables / Views Type-safe table API. See Proxy Class generation. accessing SAP Queries Query Search API Type-safe Query API. See Proxy Class generation. accessing SAP BAPIs / RFCs Using Templates for creating BAPI / RFC functions Type-safe BAPI / RFC API Not. See Proxy Class generation. accessing SAP BW InfoCubes / BEx- Queries Type-safe InfoCube/ BEx-Query API Supports Dimensions, Measures and Variables.. See Proxy Class generation. load data to SAP BI / BW (BW Loader) executing SAP Transactions (e.g. MMBE) RFCServer functionality

3 IDoc SAP.NET Connector 3.0 ERPConnect 4.5 IDocs The classes for sending and receiving IDocs only work on the basis of plane text streams. Special object / class hierarchy for constructing, sending and receiving IDocs. IDoc Schema Generator Type-safe IDoc development. The schema files can be generated with the schema generator tool which is included in the installation package.. See Proxy Class generation. Development SAP.NET Connector 3.0 ERPConnect 4.2 Compiled / Optimized for.net Framework 32 / 64 Bit Environment Development for Any CPU Target Framework Restrictions Separate Installation / Connector versions for each environment Not. You must decide for which target platform you want to develop your application, either x86 or x64..net Framework 4 Client Profile is not supported. You must use.net Framework Same Installation / Connector for both environments. No Restriction

4 Tools SAP.NET Connector 3.0 ERPConnect 4.5 Transaction Recorder for SAP Screen Scraping executing ABAP code on the fly Licensing SAP.NET Connector 3.0 ERPConnect 4.5 Download trial Version via website Availability only for SAP customers. without restrictions. SAP developer license Required for each developer. Not required Connecting non-sap Systems May be used only for connecting external (non-sap) applications to SAP Systems/SAP Solutions. Scenarios, in which two external (non-sap) applications are integrated via an SAP Connector, are not allowed. No Restriction Source Code Not

5 Documentation & Support SAP.NET Connector 3.0 ERPConnect 4.5 Documentation PDF Documentation Online Documentation 2. Documentation Language English English and German. API Documentation Compiled HTML file available. Online 3 Knowledge Base No central Knowledgebase available. Online Knowledgebase 4 with samples for many SAP Modules / Business Processes. Samples programming Languages Only in C# in C# & VB.Net Samples Solutions 1 sample solution available only for Visual Studio sample solutions available for the following Visual Studio versions: Visual Studio 2003 Visual Studio 2005 Visual Studio 2008 Visual Studio 2010 Support Regular SAP support Support with reaction time of 1 working day via and telephone. Support Language English English and German. 2 OnlineHelp 3 ERPConnect API documentation 4 Knowledge Base for ERPConnect